The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-30
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL
In Brief.

I MaryfaRe IIcensee were Iesufd yestefuxy
Louis league and Emma Doyle, Frank Farrell
| and Anna Metzger, Francis Mcnamara and Mary
/ f. Dougherty.
A small fire broke ont in the roof of the Wood
6urn-Sarven wheel works yesterday at noon, and
/ for short time it looked like the building was
! in danger. The department. called, but be-
fore their arrival the employees had extinguished
the fire by means of chemicals.
/ The Porter and Denny Republican Club, COM
/ posed of colored voters, will hold meeting Of
| special interest in the Republican central COM
/ mit,ee rooms on next Thursday evening. Ex-
| Governor Porter and Mayor Denny will address
| the club. and music will be furnished by a
| quartet OF colored singers.
ARREST OF A WOMAN FOR ROBBERY
| William Sutherland the young who
! claims to have been robbed of $50 at the dsrep-
! utable house kept by Anna Stone swore out
| warrant yesterday morning for the arrest of
! Sadie Brown. an inmate of the house, and she
was arrested last night, charged with grand lar
ceny. She claims that she did not get the money.
LIGHT PUNISHMENT FOR sTABBING WOMAN.
There seemed to be no disposition to prose-
cute Clara Jones, the negro girl who stabbed
Lou Baker at No 123 West Pearl street Satur-
day night. when the was called yesterday
morning, and the charge of assault with intent
to kill was dismissed. She tried for assault
and battery and fined s. and costs.
SERIOUS INJURY OF PORTER.
Thomas Groves, a porter on the Vandalia rail-
road, was very dangerously hurt yesterday after
noon near Vandalia, Ill. He was leaning across
the platform watching q box, when his head
struck a freight car standing a sde-track
he was thrown from the car. and barely escaped
and taken TO his home at No. 1877 Massachusetts
avenue, where his injury was dressed by Dr.
Henry Jameson.
RESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT.
Alfred w. Scott yesterday sent his resignation
as Representative OF Morgan county to the Gov.
ernor Mr. Scott proposes to make his home in
Lincoln, Neb. If an extra session Of the Leeis-
lature should be called two Senators and four
Representatives. would have to be elected to fill
the vacancies caused by the designations of SEN
ators Sellers and Bailey, and Representatives
Barnes, Gordon, Patton and Scott. The latter
is the only Republican in the list Of those who
have resigned
MORE ABOUT THE ADIPoCERoUS CORPSE.
Undertaken Kregelo yesterday received let
ter from l.. o. Milless, the Baltimore man who
claims the adpocerous corpse of his dead wife,
In the letter Mr.. Milless requests that the
mains be buried here, as he has not the money
TO remove them to Baltimore. Mr.. Kregelo
does not desire to bury the remains here for the
that he does not believe they would be
safe. Mr.. Kregelo is going through Baltimore
IN a few weeks on business trip. and will have
personal interview with Mr. Milless relative
to the disposition of the body. He has doubt
now but that the Baltimore man is the real hus-
band of the dead woman.
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
st Is to be hoped that the cooler and more
comfortable weather will bring people home
from the summer resorts earlier than usual"
said Superintendent Jones yesterday, speaking
of the opening of the public schools. Many
parents suppose that it does not make much DIFF
ference il pupil misses the first week. they
imagine nothing much will be done for a week
or two That was partially true formerly but
n
Our work is we'll svstematzed that teach
ers commence teaching the first day of the
term. and the pupil who misses the first week
misses one of the best weeks of the year There
have been but few designations among the
teachers and everythin indicates pleasant
opening of the schools on the 18th OF Septem-
ber."
THE DIME MUSEUM ATTRACTION.
Frank Howard, who has achieved considerable
success in the leading character of ''Sam1 Of
Posen," a comedy drama brought into promi-
hence by NJ. B. Curtis. is playing a weeks
gagement at the Museum. the play being pre-
scented to large audiences yesterday afternoon
and last night. "Sam1 of Posen" is
of the best plays of it's class, and has long
been popular production. The character OF
Sam1 Plastrick is one not unknown in real
life. and is very comical piece OF work
There is great deal of rollickng fun in the
performance, and the audience at the Museum
last night enjoyed it very much. Mr.. Howard
plays the part well. and shows himself to be a
very clever comedian. He is surrounded by a
company fully equal to the requirements of
the piece, w. j. Johnston, Thomas Chapman,
Walter Granger and Misses Dobson and La
GILES being especially good.
A MIDNIGHT MYSTERY.
Last night, between 1 and o'clock, a farmer
residing south of the city reported to the police
that while coming in to attend market he saw
two men place ladder up to second story win
dow at house South Delaware street, below
md tnla ind
One man, he said, held the ladder
while the other first went up and
handed down a satchel He then assisted the
woman down, and with her went hurriedly to a
carriage that was standing half square away,
which they en- tered and W ere driven away toward
the south The man who was left behind
moved the ladder and disappeared with
it up alley. The farmer square
a clear view of the proceedings 1t was SO late
when the matter was reported and the location
of the house indefinite that Journal re-
porter was unable to verify the story.
LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN.
Sunday evening next. at the Central Christian
Church, Rev. i. j. Gantz will deliver the fist of
a series of lectures to young men. 1t is his pur-
pose to continue the series through the winter,
and for his topics he will 60 into the daily lives
of young men and treat of their relations with
each other and their employers, and the respon-
sibiiites resting them in fulfilling the duties
of their trades, vocatons, and professions He
will seek to make the lectures helpful rather
than sensational. In order to interest those i'm
mediately concerned he has obtained from en-
ployers a list of names of young mon employed
by them. he has nearly thousand names, and to
each firm tn at is represented in the lists he will
send each week card Of formal invitation to
the lectures. On each card Will be announced
the subject for the Sunday following. To make
these lectures more attractive he has arranged
for musical performance to precede each, and
on the third Sunday of each month the evening
will be devoted TO music, the reading of poem.
and addresses by young men. Many employ
ers have written Mr.. Gantz letters of encourage
ment and offering assistance in his plan. He |
proposes to make this work more interes ting by |
giving it a social significance. The topic of the |
first lecture will be, '.The Young Man Himself" |
who will be spoken of regards his physical, |
mental and moral condition.